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how long with that stay in effect, erin? >> until sometime on wednesday and mayor sly james had this warning for residents yesterday. >> we'll be keeping community centers and shelters open. there will be crews on the roads, and emergency personnel on alert and doing their jobs. we'll do our part. we need our kansas city citizens to take this seriously and spread the word and to be off the roads as much as possible. >> they had about 175 snow pows out last night. another 65 will hit the residential areas of kansas city starting 6:00 a.m. central time. >> our thanks to erin mcpike, getting slammed the second time in a week. >> more on the situation in kansas city. joining us on the phone is the mayor sly james and talking about the conditions. how are you coping with all of this? >> well, we are fortunate that we have a great crew of people out working with it and they've been on the road now for quite some time, trying to keep things as clear as possible. but we're monitoring the situation. we're doing everything that we can
how long with that stay in effect, erin? >> until sometime on wednesday and mayor sly james had this warning for residents yesterday. >> we'll be keeping community centers and shelters open. there will be crews on the roads, and emergency personnel on alert and doing their jobs. we'll do our part. we need our kansas city citizens to take this seriously and spread the word and to be off the roads as much as possible. >> they had about 175 snow pows out last night. another 65...
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erin thank you for the update. let's get to jim simms, the cititicity commissioner in amarillo, texas. lots of snow there. i guess you're looking at some historic snowfall, 18 inches, as much as 20 inches. how is your city doing? >> we're holding up well. it was a lot of snow, blizzard conditions because of the winds we had but we have a great staff here, great crew and good equipment and we handled it. i hear the problems other places have, woodward but we fared relatively well. >> we're glad to hear that. you sound almost practically chipper while you talk to me. it's not been the case for some of the other city leaders i've been talking to. how about stranded motorists? that's been a problem in the midwest and the plains. tell me if that's a struggle and problem for you guys. >> yes, ma'am, it was, because people were caught on the highway traveling on interstate 40 and then our own residents, remember that early sunday afternoon it was 63 degrees. within 24 hours we had 40-mile-an-hour winds and 20 inches of sn
erin thank you for the update. let's get to jim simms, the cititicity commissioner in amarillo, texas. lots of snow there. i guess you're looking at some historic snowfall, 18 inches, as much as 20 inches. how is your city doing? >> we're holding up well. it was a lot of snow, blizzard conditions because of the winds we had but we have a great staff here, great crew and good equipment and we handled it. i hear the problems other places have, woodward but we fared relatively well. >>...
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erin mcpike is live in kansas city. we'll start with you. >> we're seeing snowfall two inches an houreer. very windy, looking at winds up to 30 miles per hour later today, and also, soledad, because of the snow last week, there is still a lot of heavy snow on branchs and power lines, snapping power lines, and lots of power outages throughout kansas city. we just got off the phone with kansas city power and light. they have doubled from 10,000 to 20,000, those numbers will go down, right now they can't get out on the road to repair the power lines. we're looking at power outages in texas. another 10,000 no oklahoma. the storm looking to be worst than last week, soledad. >> a little bit of a mess. thank you very much. appreciate that. let's get to jennifer delgado. where is this all going? >> soledad, right now, it's actually right on top of the midwest. you saw the live shot where erin is out of kansas. kansas city, taking a beating right now. coming down very good along interstate 70. toward the east in st. louis, a bre
erin mcpike is live in kansas city. we'll start with you. >> we're seeing snowfall two inches an houreer. very windy, looking at winds up to 30 miles per hour later today, and also, soledad, because of the snow last week, there is still a lot of heavy snow on branchs and power lines, snapping power lines, and lots of power outages throughout kansas city. we just got off the phone with kansas city power and light. they have doubled from 10,000 to 20,000, those numbers will go down, right...
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let's begin with erin in the nation's heartland, good morning, erin, it looks terrible. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we're getting about two inches of snow an hour, but what i want to tell you are the power outages. we talked to kansas city power and light all morning and the power outages have doubled and tripled since we first started talking to them, up to 35,000 power outages just in the kansas city metro area. there are also about 10,000 power outages in texas and another 10,000 or so in oklahoma. that's a problem for those getting heat so that's something to watch out for. also around me it's getting harder to see if you can look a little bit behind me here you don't see very many cars on the road. however the cars that we have seen have gotten stuck, one of them rolled down the hill so it is very dangerous. we also know from kansas governor sam brownback that there was a second death in this storm reported last night. so dangerous storm, carol. >> hopefully people are staying off the roads today. thanks so much, erin. let's get the latest on the storm and where it's headi
let's begin with erin in the nation's heartland, good morning, erin, it looks terrible. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we're getting about two inches of snow an hour, but what i want to tell you are the power outages. we talked to kansas city power and light all morning and the power outages have doubled and tripled since we first started talking to them, up to 35,000 power outages just in the kansas city metro area. there are also about 10,000 power outages in texas and another 10,000...
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i first want to go to erin mcpike, in kansas city. erin, how are things looking out there? >> reporter: actually, brooke, the storm has stopped and the roads are actually clear. and i want to show you this. we're actually at the time where we can see lovely sludge, yuck. so that -- that means it is time for the cleanup to start and kansas city's mayor estimates with last week's snowstorm cost the city about $2 million. they think that this week's snowstorm will cost just a little bit more because it is heavier snow, and that means more trees have come down. but by and large, brooke, people we have talked to here are actually very happy about this snowstorm because this is really dry, this area here. it is the third consecutive year of a drought. and this snowstorm has brought much needed moisture, brooke. >> okay, so we have some sludge and moisture in kansas city. thank you, erin. ted rowlands, to you in chicago. never fun. cancellations, flights at o'hare. tell me, give it to me straight, what is the current situation? >> reporter: 230 flights, that's straight up, brooke.
i first want to go to erin mcpike, in kansas city. erin, how are things looking out there? >> reporter: actually, brooke, the storm has stopped and the roads are actually clear. and i want to show you this. we're actually at the time where we can see lovely sludge, yuck. so that -- that means it is time for the cleanup to start and kansas city's mayor estimates with last week's snowstorm cost the city about $2 million. they think that this week's snowstorm will cost just a little bit more...